SY9 — Bishops Castle
Bishops Castle's SY9 postcode sits in South Shropshire. The board behind it is assembled from 1,126 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical SY9 sale went from £46,000 in 1995 to £145,000 in 2026 — 3.2× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2011 — prices moved +37.1% that year. The one to avoid was 2026: the median moved -51.7%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in SY9
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £46,000 | 28 |
| 2000 | £97,000 | 38 |
| 2005 | £200,000 | 31 |
| 2010 | £175,000 | 23 |
| 2015 | £214,500 | 28 |
| 2020 | £280,000 | 29 |
| 2025 | £300,000 | 20 |
| 2026 | £145,000 | 5 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Bishops Castle (SY9 5) (85% of local sales) — busiest streets: Church Street, Oak Meadow, Brick Meadow
- Norbury (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: Brook Cottage
- Colebatch (3% of local sales)
- Wentnor (3% of local sales)
- Lydham (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Coronation Cottages, Glebe Meadow, The Terrace
- Acton (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Golden Grove
- Bryn (1% of local sales)
- Banks Head (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Beech Cottages
Reading about 2011 is easy; surviving 2026 is the game. Play the SY9 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.